Tinubu Approves N35,000 Wage Award for Civil Servants As Salaries, Commission Shares Details
- There's a new development regarding the N35,000 wage awarded to all federal civil servants by President Bola Tinubu
- The chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, said Tinubu had given approval for the implementation of the wage which will take effect from September 1
- Mr Ekpo Nta, disclosed further that the implementation of the N35,000.00 per month wage award will be funded by the treasury
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given approval for the payment of N35,000 wage awarded to civil servants under his administration.
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Tinubu gives approval for the payment of N35,000 wage award for FG workers
The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, (NSIWC), confirmed the development and said implementation of the N35,000.00 per month wage award for Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies will be funded from the treasury.
As reported by Daily Nigerian, Ekpo Nta, the chairman/chief executive officer of NSIWC, in a circular released by the commission in Abuja, disclosed that this only applies to treasury-funded offices.
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According to Mr Nta, non-treasury-funded Tinubu's government agencies are to implement the same from their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) or statutory allocations, Vanguard report added.
This move by the president cushions the harsh effect of the untold hardship occasioned by the petrol subsidy removal.
“I hereby convey the approval of President Bola Tinubu for the grant of a wage award of N35,000 only per month to all Federal Government workers with effect from September 1.
“Pending when a new national minimum wage is expected to have been signed into law,” Mr Nta said.
Salary increment: Primary teachers to earn N250k, SS N500k, lecturers N1m - Reps
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the House of Committee on University Education, has advocated for increased salaries for teachers at the primary, secondary, and university levels.
He proposed that these teachers should receive monthly remunerations of N250,000, N500,000, and N1 million, respectively.
Mr. Fulata made this proposal during a One-Day National Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Development of a Roadmap for the Nigerian Education Sector (2023-2027) in Abuja, which took place on Thursday, October 19.
Tinubu declares N25,000 additional pay for low-grade workers
In another development, President Bola Tinubu announced that for the next six months, there would be additional pay of N25,000 per month for an average low-grade worker.
In his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, October 1, the president said that as part of the programme of events to mark Nigeria's 63rd Independence anniversary celebration.
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